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Research in pediatric infectious disease

Dean Blumberg, M.D.

Dean Blumberg conducts research relating to the prevention of infections. This includes clinical studies involving childhood vaccines and infection control.

Wanda Wenman, M.D.

Wanda Wenman performs basic research on the role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherogenesis. Her clinical research addresses the impact of maternal genital tract infections on birth outcomes.

Jean Wiedeman, M.D.

Jean Wiedeman studies Chlamydia pneumoniae and human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Currently she is studying the effects of cigarette smoke exposure on atherosclerosis (Chlamydia) and on congenital transmission of CMV. She examines the hypothesis that smoke exposure enhances the persistence of Chlamydia due to persistence in human endothelial cells and enhancement of monocyte transendothelial cell migration. She also examines the hypothesis that smoke augments congenital transmission of CMV because it enhances the binding/entry of viral particles into endothelial cells.

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